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Marcy Cottrell Houle & Elizabeth Eckstrom
January 30, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
FreeIn a powerful blending of memoir and practical strategies from a medical doctor’s perspective, The Gift of Caring: Saving Our Parents – and Ourselves – From the Perils of Modern Healthcare (Lyons) reveals the hidden side of modern healthcare practices for aging Americans. This groundbreaking book, cowritten by author Marcy Houle and nationally recognized geriatrician and public health advocate Elizabeth Eckstrom, sheds new light on aging by showing it from twin perspectives: the story of a daughter desperately seeking help for the parents she loves, and a geriatrician who offers life-changing strategies that can protect our loved ones and ourselves. Today, for many older adults, the medical delivery system is confusing, fragmented, and ill-equipped to provide comprehensive, person-centered care. Under our current healthcare model, thousands of aging persons face unnecessary suffering, hospitalizations and nursing home stays, and preventable deaths. The Gift of Caring hopes to change that. It is written to give empowerment to all older adults, family members, and health care professionals, by sharing much needed knowledge and practical strategies. The Gift of Caring shows the best ways to advocate for our parents’ health care – and our own – by giving us the tools we need to insist upon the better way.